Rabah Bitat

Rabah Bitat (19 December 1925-10 April 2000) was President of Algeria from 27 December 1978 to 9 February 1979, succeeding Houari Boumediene and preceding Chadli Bendjedid.

Biography
Rabah Bitat was born on 19 December 1925 in Ain Kerma, French Algeria to a family of Sunni Muslim Berbers. In April 1977 he became the President of the People's National Assembly of Algeria, holding the post until October 1990. In this post, he served as acting President after the death of Houari Boumediene in 1978, serving until 9 February 1979, when Chadli Bendjedid was elected to succeed him. Bitat died on 10 April 2000 at the age of 74 in Paris, France.